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Usually in burn cases, the skin of a deceased donor is used, and the donor skin is typically rejected within weeks (Photo: AFP)

Doctors save man with burns on 95 percent of his body with skin transplant from twin

Receiving a transplant from an identical twin eliminates risk of the recipient's body rejecting "foreign" material from an unrelated donor.

23 Nov 2017 7:29 PM


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